Definition for Anguish:

• Intense pain of body or mind; excessive grief.

Synonyms for Anguish:

• n.

  •
  • study atdistress.
  •
  • happy.
  •ache (noun)
  • smartings,
  • throbbings.
  •affliction (noun)
  • dis-eases,
  • dis-ease,
  • dis-order,
  • dis ease,
  • dis-orders,
  • dis orders,
  • mis-fortunes,
  • dis order,
  • mis fortunes,
  • dis eases,
  • mis fortune,
  • mis-fortune.
  •anguish (noun)
  • hurt.
  •anxiousness (noun)
  • apprehensiveness,
  • agita.
  •bitterness (noun)
  • grievousnesses,
  • acrimoniousnesses,
  • painfulnesses.
  •care (noun)
  • un happinesses,
  • dis composures,
  • dis quiet,
  • dis-may,
  • fore-bodings,
  • dis may,
  • dis quiets,
  • fore bodings,
  • dis mays,
  • fretfulnesses,
  • fore boding,
  • fore-boding,
  • dis-quiets,
  • mis-giving,
  • mis giving,
  • dis-mays,
  • un-happiness,
  • un-happinesses,
  • un happiness,
  • dis composure,
  • dis-composures,
  • dis-composure,
  • dis-quiet.
  •concernment (noun)
  • solicitousnesses.
  •dejection (noun)
  • sullenness,
  • grimness,
  • wistfulness,
  • plaintiveness,
  • dreariness,
  • contemplativeness,
  • dolorousness,
  • blues.
  •desolation (noun)
  • gloominess.
  •despair (noun)
  • forlornnesses.
  •desperation (noun)
  • dis tractions,
  • dis comfort,
  • dis-comfort,
  • dis traction,
  • dis-traction,
  • dis comforts,
  • dis-tractions,
  • dis-comforts,
  • disconsolatenesses.
  •discontentment (noun)
  • disgruntlement,
  • joylessness,
  • despondence,
  • exasperation,
  • boredom,
  • angst,
  • discomposure,
  • unhappiness,
  • dissatisfaction,
  • non-satisfaction,
  • displeasure,
  • discontent,
  • ennui,
  • inquietude,
  • disquiet,
  • sourness,
  • frustration.
  •distress (noun)
  • dis quietude,
  • dis-tress,
  • dis appointment,
  • dis appointments,
  • head-ache,
  • dis-appointment,
  • dis tress,
  • unconsolabilities,
  • dis-quietudes,
  • worriments,
  • dis-tresses,
  • dis tresses,
  • dis-appointments,
  • dis-quietude,
  • dis quietudes.
  •gloom (noun)
  • low spirit,
  • pensivenesses,
  • cheerlessnesses,
  • saturninities,
  • Catatonias.
  •glumness (noun)
  • downheartedns.
  •grief (noun)
  • be-moaning,
  • lamentings,
  • be moaning,
  • be wailing,
  • re pining,
  • deplorings,
  • bemoanings,
  • repinings,
  • in-felicities,
  • in-felicity,
  • re-pining,
  • bewailings,
  • in felicities,
  • in felicity,
  • be-wailing.
  •heartbreak (noun)
  • broken heart,
  • heartsickness,
  • heavy heart.
  •heavy-heartedness (noun)
  • heavy heartedness.
  •hell (noun)
  • everlasting fire,
  • infernal region,
  • hell fire,
  • living hell,
  • infernal regions,
  • underworld,
  • lower world,
  • hell-fire,
  • place of torment.
  •hopelessness (noun)
  • heartlessness,
  • depression,
  • abandonment,
  • spiritlessness,
  • discouragement,
  • downheartedness,
  • moroseness,
  • desperation,
  • melancholy,
  • dejection,
  • despondency.
  •pain (noun)
  • inflammation,
  • burn,
  • Back Ache,
  • chafing,
  • Migraine,
  • infliction,
  • malaise,
  • crick,
  • sting,
  • smarting,
  • injury,
  • stitch,
  • throb,
  • cramp,
  • spasm,
  • bruise,
  • stab,
  • bite,
  • rack,
  • irritation,
  • throe,
  • sore,
  • wrench,
  • gripe,
  • earache.
  •painfulness (noun)
  • aggravation,
  • irksomeness,
  • hurtfulness,
  • severity,
  • arduousness,
  • offensiveness,
  • soreness,
  • woefulness,
  • cruelty,
  • odiousness,
  • acuteness,
  • oppressiveness,
  • uncomfortableness,
  • annoyingness,
  • unpleasantness,
  • distressfulness.
  •penitence (noun)
  • Penitency,
  • self-punishment,
  • remorsefulness,
  • self-reproach,
  • self-flagellation,
  • self-condemnation,
  • self-castigation,
  • ruefulness.
  •punishment (noun)
  • confinement,
  • imprisonment,
  • verdict,
  • incarceration,
  • revenge,
  • castigation,
  • penalty,
  • price,
  • chastisement,
  • forfeiture,
  • correction,
  • execution,
  • punishment,
  • crucifixion,
  • payment,
  • reprisal,
  • retribution,
  • persecution,
  • judgment.
  •regret (noun)
  • self-disgust,
  • self-accusation,
  • regretfulness.
  •remorse (noun)
  • re morses,
  • re-morse,
  • re morse,
  • re-morses,
  • pangs conscience.
  •sadness (noun)
  • downcastnesses,
  • bleaknesses,
  • dispiritednesses,
  • the dump,
  • sorrowfulnesses,
  • grievings,
  • moodinesses.
  •severe upset or pain (noun)
  • dole,
  • hurting,
  • dolor,
  • heartache.
  •sorrow (noun)
  • big troubles.
  •torment (noun)
  • pain neck,
  • excruciations,
  • pro-vocations,
  • pro vocations,
  • pro vocation,
  • pain in neck.
  •torture (noun)
  • cruciations,
  • impalements.
  •trauma (noun)
  • traumatization.
  •travail (noun)
  • travail,
  • travails.
  •trial (noun)
  • in-convenience,
  • cross bear,
  • trying times,
  • severe tests,
  • in-conveniences,
  • in conveniences.
  •uneasiness (noun)
  • un-eases,
  • un easinesses,
  • un-easiness,
  • un-ease,
  • un easiness,
  • un eases,
  • un-easinesses,
  • edginesses.
  •woe (noun)
  • mis adventure,
  • mis-adventures,
  • mis adventures,
  • mis-adventure.
  •worry (noun)
  • concernment.

• v.

  •emotion (verb)
  • anguish.
  •excruciate (verb)
  • mis treated,
  • ex cruciate,
  • mis treating,
  • mis treat,
  • mis-treat,
  • ex-cruciate,
  • mis-treated,
  • mis treats,
  • mis-treats.
  •fret (verb)
  • eating ones heart out,
  • carrying heavy load,
  • gets in to dither,
  • get into dither,
  • gotten in to dither,
  • carry heavy load,
  • getting into dither,
  • sweated it out,
  • distressed oneself,
  • eats heart out,
  • gat into a dither,
  • upsets oneself,
  • losing sleep over,
  • carrying a heavy load,
  • gets into a dither,
  • carried heavy load,
  • carries heavy load,
  • eat one heart out,
  • gets in to a dither,
  • gets into dither,
  • getting in to a dither,
  • gat in to dither,
  • sweats out,
  • get in to dither,
  • carries a heavy load,
  • loses sleep over,
  • eating one's heart out,
  • gat into dither,
  • ate one heart out,
  • eats ones heart out,
  • eating heart out,
  • got in to dither,
  • ate one's heart out,
  • eating one heart out,
  • eats one's heart out,
  • carried a heavy load,
  • getting in to dither,
  • ate heart out,
  • gotten into a dither,
  • getting into a dither,
  • gat in to a dither,
  • eat ones heart out,
  • gotten into dither,
  • got into a dither,
  • ate ones heart out,
  • get in to a dither,
  • distressing oneself,
  • lost sleep over,
  • sweats it out,
  • got in to a dither,
  • sweated out,
  • distresses oneself,
  • got into dither,
  • sweating it out,
  • upsetting oneself,
  • eats one heart out,
  • gotten in to a dither.
  •pain (verb)
  • chafe,
  • afflict,
  • agonize,
  • suffer,
  • smart,
  • inflame,
  • irritate.
  •punish (verb)
  • sentence,
  • burden,
  • chastise,
  • discipline,
  • penalize,
  • castigate,
  • confine,
  • judge,
  • chasten,
  • persecute,
  • incarcerate,
  • lambaste,
  • imprison,
  • punish,
  • pillory,
  • execute,
  • try,
  • Keelhaul,
  • reprise,
  • avenge,
  • crucify,
  • correct,
  • fine.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • prickle,
  • tingle,
  • pinprick,
  • EINA,
  • neuralgia.
  •
  • scourge.
  •
  • smite.
  •
  • strike.
  •pain
  • in flames,
  • harrow,
  • up set,
  • hit where one lives,
  • cut to the quick,
  • pained.

Paraphrases for Anguish:

• Equivalence

  • Noun, singular or mass
    torment, torments.

• Forward Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    distress, pain.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    trouble, hardship, apprehension.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    angst, anxiety, suffering, agony, sorrow, grief, misery, trepidation, despair, dismay, sadness, hopelessness, dread, fear, desperation, helplessness, bitterness, chastisement, plight, concern, ordeal, trauma, horror.

Antonyms for Anguish:

• n.

  • severe upset or pain
    joy, happiness, relief, health, delight, contentment, solace, comfort.
  • Other antonyms:
    exultation, assurance, jollity, assuagement, ecstasy, merrymaking, rapture, tranquillity, lightheartedness, jubilation, security, euphoria, cheerfulness, joviality, calmness, confidence, Elatedness, merriment, exhilaration, gleefulness, apathy, joyousness, gayness, joyfulness, gladsomeness, exuberance, gaiety, mirthfulness, optimism, sunniness, satisfaction, carelessness, nonchalance, content, rapturousness, mirth, well-being, felicity, glee, hopefulness, elation.

Anguish Sentence Examples:

• He saw only Olivia, her hands locked, her lips parted, looking in his face in anguish; and he saw Prince Tabnit smile.

• I never associated it with the mystery that caused you such anguish, my poor darling.

Homophones for Anguish:

• anagoge, amuck, amnios, anasazi, anchusa, anas, annex, awayness, anhinga, annexa, ananas, animize, angus, Angus Og, annonaceae, ananias, amuse, anjou, amok, annoyance, animus, annoying, anionic, angas, anoxic, aminic, aeneas, annamese, amigo, amnesiac, anonymous, anise, amish, amnesia, amyxia, animise, Amos, anaemic, anguis, ANZAC, amass, annexe, anoxia, amnionic, anunnaki, awning, aengus, anasa, anagogic, ammoniac, ans, awing, anechoic, Anzio, amanuensis, amnic, anise cookie, anxious, amex, ahimsa, anamnesis, ANG, Ankus, amaze, amiss, announce, anemic, anomic, amnesic.

Hypernym for Anguish:

• v.

  • emotion
    torture, rack, try, torment, excruciate, agonize, break someone's heart, agonise.

Hyponym for Anguish:

• n.

  • feeling
    hurt, distress, suffering.
  • state
    distress.

• v.

  • emotion
    disconcert, discomfit, upset, untune, suffer, discompose.